Addiction

The Helpline offers free confidential information, insight and support on issues arising from drinking or other drug use.
Maori Line 0800 787 798
Pasifika Line 0800 787 799
YOUTH service 0800 787 894
Text 8681
The Alcohol Drug Helpline is a free national telephone service. If you need help with your own or someone else's drinking or other drug use phone 0800 787 797
We offer a range of options: information and resources; brief interventions for alcohol and other drug problems; a call-back service where the Helpline calls the client at a pre-arranged time to assist them to reach their goals and relapse prevention for those who have made the change. We work with concerned others and support families/whanau to stay well when their loved ones are struggling with an alcohol or other drug problem.

CAP have a high success rate in getting clients debt free. This is achieved through the provision of a wide range of specialised financial services, personal support and ongoing education. CAP also provides focused support groups to address the underlying causes of unmanageable debt - unemployment, addiction and life skills. CAP offers hope and solutions to people struggling with debt.

CADS offer a range of free services, funded through the Waitemata District Health Board to anybody in the Auckland region wanting to solve an alcohol or drug related question, issue or problem, or are concerned about or affected by someone else's use. Our confidential services aim to help reduce the harm caused by alcohol or drug use.
Services include:
Dual Diagnosis Service aims to support people experiencing both substance misuse and mental health issues.
Pregnancy and Parental Service provides assessment, information and support to pregnant women and parents of children under 3.

CADS 65 Plus is a free service to anyone living in Auckland aged 65 years plus who is concerned about their own or someone else's use of alcohol and other drugs, including prescribed medications. Experienced alcohol and other drug clinicians offer a wide range of support and counselling.

Altered High is a team of health professionals that helps young people aged 13-19 with concerns about their own, or someone else’s, alcohol or drug use. Altered High provides interventions to reduce the harm from AoD use and help young people stop using alcohol and/or drugs. Altered High is mobile and can see young people in a place that suits.

Higher Ground provides an 18 week residential programme for people with a dependency to alcohol and other drugs. The programme aims to assist residents to improve social and psychological well-being and to maintain abstinence from alcohol and other drug use.

Mind and Body offers a Peer Support Service. PSWs work with peers supporting them on their recovery journey and helping to promote their autonomy. Mind and Body defines recovery as living the life the peer wants, in the presence or absence of mental distress. We see no reason why mental illness should mean isolation from the rest of the world.

A recovery programme offering support and hope for those with a desire to stop using drugs/alcohol. While not personally responsible for having the disease of addiction, people with addictions are responsible for their own recovery. Choose recovery-by attending meetings, working the 12 Steps, finding a sponsor, helping other addicts get and stay clean, and by reading and studying NA literature.

Odyssey House offers a number of different treatment programmes for residential/non-residential clients experiencing drug, alcohol, gambling and other associated problems. Specific programmes for adults and adolescents with a substance disorder/co-existing mental health disorder.
Adult and young adult services
Family centre
Co-existing disorders service
Transitional houses
Youth service residential programme
Youth community services
School based youth programme

A fellowship of individuals who support one another in solving their common problem of compulsive eating (including anorexia, bulimia, overeating, compulsive food behaviours and obesity). The primary focus is to carry the message that recovery is possible. No fees. Ring for a list of meetings.

Pathways is New Zealand's leading national provider of community-based mental health and wellness services.
Pathways provides a range of support services around housing, practical daily living, employment and being healthy. We help people with experience of mental illness to live well in the communities of their choice.

The Problem Gambling Foundation (PGF) is the largest single treatment provider for problem gambling in Australasia. Qualified counsellors provide free and confidential counselling for gamblers and others affected by gambling. PGF also has dedicated Asian and Pasifika teams. A public health team work on problem gambling issues in the community.

SLAA, modelled on the 12-step programme pioneered by AA offers a supportive environment for those whose compulsive sexual behaviour has become unmanageable and who have a desire to stop acting out on that behaviour. There is a men's group, mixed groups, and a Skype group available. Full details are on the SLAA information line 021 377 293 or www.aucklandslaa.org.nz